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Thanks Juan, Here is an Ebola diary from Africa http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n20/paul-farmer/diary that may be of interest to the group. best, rakesh On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Juan Gérvas <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > -thanks, David > -if we are speaking about "lessons from Africa", very interesting the > lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo > Ébola. Lecciones desde la República Democrática del Congo (África central, > bien lejos de Guinea Conakry y Sierra Leona) > > > *Ebola.Lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo (central Africa, far > away from Guinea Conakry and Sierra > Leone).http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1411099?query=featured_home#t=articleDiscussion > <http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1411099?query=featured_home#t=articleDiscussion>* > -about the consequences of travel ban > Ebola. Restricciones al transporte. El 90% del coste económico de los > brotes infecciosos lo causan las conductas irracionales y desorganizadas > para cortar la difusión. > Ebola. Travel bans. 90% of any oubreak economic costs come from irrational > & disorganized efforts to avoid infection. > > http://www.vox.com/2014/10/13/6964633/travel-ban-airport-screening-ebola-outbreak-virus > -un saludo > -juan gérvas > > > > 2014-10-19 10:52 GMT+02:00 David P. Dillard <[log in to unmask]>: > > >> >> More on Ebola >> >> >> http://guides.temple.edu/ebola >> >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> David Dillard >> Temple University >> (215) 204 - 4584 >> [log in to unmask] >> http://workface.com/e/daviddillard >> >> Net-Gold >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold >> http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html >> https://groups.io/org/groupsio/Net-Gold/archives >> http://net-gold.3172864.n2.nabble.com/ >> >> >> SPORT-MED >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/sport-med.html >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sports-med/ >> http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/sport-med.html >> >> >> >> On Sun, 19 Oct 2014, Juan Gérvas wrote: >> >> -thanks, Ursula >>> -speaking about "communication" >>> Ébola. Lecciones de éxitos en África. Quien difunde el mensaje es tan >>> importante como el propio mensaje. >>> Ebola. Lessons from success in Africa. Who delivers the message is as >>> important as the message being given out. >>> https://www.devex.com/news/ebola-communication-what-we- >>> ve-learned-so-far-84559 >>> -un saludo >>> -juan gérvas >>> >>> 2014-10-19 8:35 GMT+02:00 Ursula Theuretzbacher <[log in to unmask] >>> >: >>> >>> Here is some information about the outbreak response in Nigeria: >>> http://promedmail.org/ >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Ursula Theuretzbacher >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Ursula Theuretzbacher, Ph.D. >>> >>> Center for Anti-Infective Agents, Vienna, Austria >>> >>> www.utheuretzbacher.com >>> >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Communicated by: >>> ProMED-mail >>> <[log in to unmask]> >>> [4] Nigeria: outbreak response >>> Date: Sat 18 Oct 2014 >>> From: Tamsin Dew <[log in to unmask]> [edited] >>> >>> A very impressive, transparent and enlightening talk was given at >>> Imperial College London last night [17 Oct >>> 2014] by Mrs. Sara Beysolow Nyanti, Team Lead for Management & >>> Coordination in the National Ebola Emergency >>> Operation Center, Nigeria; Chief of Office, UNICEF Lagos. I don't >>> know how much of this information is in the >>> public eye already, but Mrs. Nyanti described the Nigerian >>> outbreak response in detail and I urge you to contact >>> her for further information about it. >>> >>> The response was co-ordinated by Ebola Emergency Operation Centres >>> (EOC) established in Lagos and Port Harcourt >>> and involved heads of 6 different teams (epi/surveillance, >>> clinical management, organisation/management, etc) >>> reporting to a single Incident Manager, Dr Faisal Shuaib from the >>> Federal Ministry of Health/Nigerian CDC. >>> Appointments were skills- and motivation-driven, from a variety of >>> state and federal government bodies and >>> technical partners (including MSF). Far-sighted governmental >>> support, strong leadership, and solid communication >>> and co-operation between different individuals and groups seem to >>> have been critical. >>> >>> Daily team meetings and strategy group round tables were >>> implemented and all tasks were allocated, tracked and >>> followed up daily. An isolation ward was purpose built under >>> guidance from MSF [Medecins Sans Frontieres]. >>> Danger pay and risk-based life insurance policies were implemented >>> for all at-risk staff. A dedicated rumour >>> line was established and all calls responded to. A social >>> mobilisation and communication team that targeted >>> neighbourhoods of contacts (using GIS to go house-to-house, >>> radially) was instrumental in reducing stigma and >>> spreading important information about the disease, as well as >>> gathering additional leads. >>> >>> Mrs. Nyanti reports the following figures: >>> - 899 contacts traced (only 1 lost to follow-up) >>> - 20 cases, 8 deaths, CFR [case fatality rate] of 40 percent >>> - 1289 staff in Lagos and Port Harcourt EOC, including more than >>> 300 in epi/surveillance, more than 500 in >>> social mobilisation/communication, more than 300 at ports of >>> entry, more than 100 in clinical care/case >>> management, more than 20 lab staff, and more than 20 in the >>> management/coordination team >>> - no health workers involved with case management were infected. >>> reported by >>> Tamsin Dew >>> Imperial College, London (student) >>> UK >>> <[log in to unmask]> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Evidence based health (EBH) [mailto:EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH@ >>> JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Amy Price >>> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 9:53 PM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: Ebola, no EBM screening at airports >>> >>> >>> >>> Agree but what are the reasonable cost effective EBM alternatives? How >>> did Nigeria stop the spread if indeed it >>> actually has >>> >>> >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Amy >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/18/14, 3:35 PM, "Juan Gérvas" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >Ébola. El cribado de fiebre-síntomas en aeropuertos no sirve, es >>> >>> >inútil, da falsa sensación de seguridad. >>> >>> >Ebola. Airport screening does not work. It gives a false sense of >>> >>> >reassurance. >>> >>> >http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g6202 >>> >>> >-attached, just in case >>> >>> >-un saludo >>> >>> >-juan gérvas >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >